UK Electricity Production

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Feb. 6, 2012 at 12:05 p.m. GMT

Total Production
50.41 GW Very High
Carbon Intensity
627 gCO2/kWh Very High
Renewables
2.2%
Low Carbon
13.2%
Fossil Fuels
84.6%
Biomass 482 MW 1.0%
CCGT 18,938 MW 37.6%
Coal 23,726 MW 47.1%
Hydroelectric 578 MW 1.1%
Interconnects -1,904 MW -3.8%
Nuclear 7,947 MW 15.8%
OCGT 0 MW 0.0%
Oil 0 MW 0.0%
Other 0 MW 0.0%
Pumped Storage 592 MW 1.2%
Solar 0 MW 0.0%
Wind 50 MW 0.1%